Cognizant Company Profile:

Cognizant is an American multinational corporation that provides custom information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Over two thirds of its employees are based in India. Cognizant is listed in the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 indices. Originally founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994, Cognizant started serving external clients in 1996.It made an IPO in 1998, after a series of corporate splits and restructures of its parent companies. It was the first software services firm listed on the Nasdaq. During the dot com bust, it grew by accepting the application maintenance work that the bigger players were unwilling to perform. Gradually, it ventured into application development, complex systems integration and consulting work. Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s, becoming a Fortune 500 company in 2011. In 2015, the Fortune magazine named it as the world's fourth most admired IT services company.Cognizant has roots in The Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), as a 1994 joint venture between Dun & Bradstreet (76%) and Satyam Computers (24%). Srini Raju was the CEO of this company. Kumar Mahadeva played a major role in convincing D&B to invest $2 million in the joint venture.Originally called DBSS, the unit was established as an in-house technology unit, and focused on implementing large-scale IT projects for Dun & Bradstreet businesses. In 1996, the company started pursuing customers beyond Dun & Bradstreet.In 1996, Dun & Bradstreet spun off several of its subsidiaries including Erisco, IMS International, Nielsen Media Research, Pilot Software, Strategic Technologies and DBSS, to form a new company called Cognizant Corporation. Three months later, in 1997, DBSS renamed itself to Cognizant Technology Solutions. In July 1997, Dun & Bradstreet bought Satyam's 24% stake in DBSS for $3.4 million. Headquarters were moved to the United States, and in March 1998, Kumar Mahadeva was named CEO. Operating as a division of the Cognizant Corporation, the company mainly focused on Y2K-related projects and web development.

Company Name

Cognizant

Founder(s) or Key People

Francisco D'Souza (CEO)Lakshmi Narayanan (Vice-Chairman)

Founded On

1994

Industry

IT services, IT consulting

No. of Employees

218,000 (June 30, 2015)

Headquarters

Teaneck, New Jersey, United States

Cognizant Selection Process:

Selection process consists of the following three rounds.

Aptitude written test online

Technical interview

HR interview

Cognizant Eligibility Criteria:

Only entry level engineers are eligible.

Flexible to work in Shifts.

Should have good communication skills.

Should have good hold on mathematics or must be good in calculation.

Must have consistent academic records from Class X on wards

Candidates who have attended Accenture interview or recruitment need not apply.

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